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Friday, May 21, 2010

That's Crazy! (said in best Tracy Morgan voice)

Yesterday VC and I descended to the man cave to work on our juggling. He was grumbling that he would like to listen to Whitesnake, but had to put on a different song, because he said he had no idea the year Whitesnake recorded "Here I Go Again." Here's why: Behind the sectional sofas, MB keeps several bins of his old vinyl records. The 45's are cataloged by year. You heard me correctly, by year --

Was it 1986 or 1987 or 88???

Call me crazy, but I would think an alphabetical system world work well for this type of filing...

Do you have a similar filing system where only you know how to find what you are looking for? (Hey, that's the line from Whitesnake. I did NOT plan that. Seriously. And now I realize we sound like big dorks for even looking for Whitesnake in the first place ;-) )

I don't know if you saw my post about my lost water bottle and pics of my messy desk at work, but my desk "filing system" is much like an archeologist's. It's like sedimentary rock... layer after layer. If I want something I think, "what day was it that was in my box?" and "which day did we do that activity?"... It's all very complicated. And ridiculous.

The father of succes is WORK,The mother of succes is AMBITION,The oldest son of succes is COMMON SENSESome of the other sons of success are PERSEVERENCE, HONESTY, THOROUGHNESS, FORESIGHT, ENTHUSIASM, and COOPERATION;The oldest daughter of succes is CHARACTER,Some sisters of success are CHEERFULNESS, LOYALTY, CARE, ECONOMY, and SINCERITY,The baby is OPPORTUNITY.

Haha! This cracks me up! I laugh, but I am also an offender of having a secret way of filing. I store all my downloaded photos on my computer in a way that no one understands but me! I get a little too detailed in ways that other people don't understand I guess. I have files inside files inside files. And that is the way I like it! ;)

ha ha! that is very funny...shows how people categorize things differently...like maybe he would remember more about those years than about the artists/titles or something? interesting...putting my psychology to work on that one...i am fascinated by the associations people make and why...working on my 20 year high school reunion and trying to find 80's music that is both memorable but has associations for our classmates (so many of them are depressing to me)...here i go again rambling...and yes, i did put that white snake reference in there on purpose but now i've got that song stuck in my head!!!

My CDs/DVDs are arranged in the same manner but you can easily spot what you want to play because of the color of the case or the label itself on the side. Though you would still have to go through browsing them. Oftentimes I had to go back as I might have missed the one I'm looking for in the first pass. Sigh.

Where it is filed will depend on how in to 80's music your hubs is. That song was originally released on a Whitesnake album called Saints & Sinners in 1982, but then re-released on their self-titled album in 1987. That is when the song hit #1, I believe. (I did have to double-check the dates...I knew the song was released twie).